Re: package.el should be preloaded

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> I looked into this, but it turns out that most of package.el would need
> to be preloaded.

That's really strange.  The code needed at startup shouldn't need to be
that large.  Of course, that was part of the reason why I want(ed) all
the job of finding which packages to load in which order to be done
"offline" rather than at startup.

> Instead, I tweaked the code startup.el to check more aggressively for
> local package directories, so that package.el won't be loaded if no
> packages are installed.

It's better than nothing, but we'll need a better answer as soon as
people get used to installing packages, such that the "no installed
package" case becomes rare.


        Stefan